Comments

Comment by pewpewx

Honestly I would rather have on-use haste and passive agility instead.And the 1 min 30 sec CD is really awkward...Awful design, period.

Comment by Luuchithefallen

Trinket isn't that great... For hunters, it might eventually serve as a replacement for Fluid Death if it doesn't hurt your hit rating too bad. Other than that with the odd cooldown timer and the general fact it's a on-demand proc doesn't make it that good. I wouldn't call it bad though, but it PALES in comparison to your other options which are Wrath of Unchaining and Starcatcher Compass

However the on-use agility can be calculated to an equivalent of a 382 agility gain if you're using it as soon as it goes off cooldown.

Equation: 2290 x 15 second up time / 90 second down time.

Comment by Neazy

Stacking cooldowns definitely helps, but it's not enough to offset the 76 less agility this has compared to the compass. I doubt this trinket would even be better than heroic Hungerer or heroic Matrix Restabilizer.

Comment by Navaros

From an enhancement shaman perspective, you should NOT be considering spending a week-and-a-half's worth of valor points on this trinket for quite some time after 4.3 is released. Unless you really can't find any better use for your valor points, stay clear of this baby.

EDIT: I don't know why this keeps getting the occasional downrate. To an enhancement shaman this IS a poor value for the valor points you have to spend on it. Head, Neck, Bracers, Gloves, Belt, Boot, Ring are all slots that are likely to yield higher returns on VP purchases. Once again, I speak from an enhancement shaman perspective and don't claim relevance to any other class.

Comment by Lunarine

I feel that for UH / Frost DKs, this might be even better than Rotting Skull as critical rating is undervalued for DKs and Haste is the best secondary stat or maybe Mastery for Frost DKs. Of course, not putting in consideration of the (Use:) of the trinklet yet.

Comment by Zoni

Sold by the Valor Point vendor for 1650 points.

Comment by Rolleri

Does this share any cd with the Avengers of Hyjal trinket?

Comment by Desoi

With 2400 Haste and Fear/Vengeance, Adrenaline rush if used at the same time as this trinket should come back off cooldown around 1 minute and 30 seconds after you pop it (). It's brilliant for nuke situations like Tendons on spine or everything on Madness. Starcatcher Compass's proc being haste is fine on paper, but it's likely to proc during or before your Adrenaline rush, which means the haste loses about 1/3 of it's value as you're almost certainly energy capping reguardless of the haste proc (It's only feeding you more attack speed).

Vial of Shadows vs. Wrath of Unchaining (With Kiroptyric Sigil) depends on your attack power, but they certainly work as a BiS pair. Vial of shadows doesn't synergize with Kiroptyric Sigil so well, there's an okay chance that The damage proc won't go off while you have the 2290 agility bonus.

In Short this trinket is GREAT for combat rogues because.1. It's cooldown comes back very close to Adrenaline rush.2. The proc isn't haste, meaning it's not gimped during adrenaline rush.3. Nearly every DS boss has an essential ~15 second nuke period, selfproc = good.4. Haaaaste.

Comment by DarklingThrush

2290 on-demand Agi combined with heroism and macro'd into your main CD (Shadowdance, Rapidfire, etc.) is a beautiful thing :)

Comment by Baneleaf

As a combat rogue I decided to try this out last night after our main raid (10 man). I picked it up and paired it with the Matrix Restabilizer. It is on a macro with AR and I was using an agility pot when it was up. Lets just say dayem. With 25 man LRF buffs, potion and AR I was just under 40k ap with a .7 swing timer on my mh weapon. The results were outstanding with me doing 8k more dps (2 million damage more) than 2nd place. I got similar results on the ship. Other than a training dummy those were my two test and I am keeping this combination for a long time. I do want to go after the heroic matrix at some point. My standing haste with the trinket is 2311 with a few items to still upgrade from t11 and t12 but for combat this trinket is a must imo.

Comment by Sorzzara

As a rogue, you should not bother buying this trinket. The overall Agi gain is not much more than for Fluid Death, thanks to the stupid 1:30 CD. Would be great if it were one minute.

It lines up nicely with AR as stated above, but in a non-perfect fight, it can be more of a hassle than a gain.

And most importantly, there is not one, but THREE passive trinkets to have in DS, which are better suited for rogues, but not a single necklace or cloak.

Comment by VindicoSolus

Edit: Was just using a meme along with humor to provide an alternative trinket choice. The iLvl is lower, but still a great choice.

Comment by Kathucka

The stats are reversed from what you'd usually want. Ordinarily, you'd want a permanent primary stat and an on-use secondary stat. That contributes better to overall DPS.

But...

There are a few fights in Dragon Soul where burst damage matters a lot. In particular, the tendon on Spine of Deathwing needs to be knocked down very quickly.

This trinket, especially paired with other cooldowns such as potions and class abilities, gives a tremendous boost in DPS for a short amount of time, and is ideal for fights where that's required.

Comment by XKingMega

This is an amazing item, but for some odd reason, the haste will not be reforged into anything except Spirit. Myself being a crit cat (feral druid), I wanted to reforge the haste into some critical strike chance. It is unknown if this is purposeful or just a glitch, but as of 4.3, this won't reforge into anything except spirit, which is useless combined with the click-ability.

EDIT: Fixed, after a reload suggested by Ilamuku, it fixed itself.

Comment by Kaitain

There is one fight in the current content (4.3) where all agility classes get great use out of this trinket: Spine of Deathwing Heroic.

Reason being that overall the DPS requirements of the fight are easy to meet, except at one moment: when the Tendon appears. The DPS requirement in those 20 or so seconds are immense. As such it's a great help to get this trinket and save it for the Tendon burn moments.

So if you are currently working through Dragon Soul Heroic but not yet at Spine, and don't know what to do with all your excess Valor Points, get one of the Use trinkets.

Comment by Rampager

Just got this trinket, was afraid it was the wrong choice but seeing on forums giving great feedback about it. I am very happy i bought it :)

The 1min 30 sec cooldown is great.

But it also only has 15 second duration =/

Dosent these use trinkets normally have 20 or 25sec ?

Comment by iamleejn

Fun fact:"Chiroptera" is the name of the order to which bats (the flying mammals) belong.Seems to fit well with the batman themed rogue T13.

Comment by Poloo

This trinket, Spine of Deathwing.

Comment by Everlearning

This trinket is not that amazing for some classes however it is superior for all agility users on fights such as heroic hagara and spine. The 15 second burst periods make this trinket a must, especially if your group is still learning the fight and working on moving around while maximizing there DPS.

Comment by AuraLucario

Let me give a unbiased and casual player viewpoint on this item.

For those who are unable to raid or is just simply unlucky at Fortune Cards and LFR =DThis Valor Trinket is good for its purposes, the big burst in Agility so far has helped me acquire in secondary stats as a hunteralmost, if not more, 10% extra crit chance on use (37% or so to 47%) in 5mans in which I have seen a dps increase from about 4k-5k during that 15 seconds.

As I have said if you are unable to get Wrath of the Unchaining, Vial of Shadows or Starcatcher Compass, THis trinket is the best bet you have to skyrocket in dps along with the only other Trinket Availble from dungeons (Arrow of Time).The only other trinket worth mentioning is the Matrix or Hungerer from Firelands, but hey, if you cant raid in DS10 what makes you think you can raid in FL ?

Although many people will take me for a joke from saying this but I will say it anyways, this trinket is a BiS pre-raid trinket will allows for intense short burst usuage and will dramatically increase your dps. It is worth the valor points.

Also Depending on your Current Haste Rating you can choose to reforge the haste into something else like Crit if you like.

This trinket maybe macro'd for hunters with explosive shot, Chimera Shot or Kill Command. Or you can save it for whenever you want to do burst damage.

Comment by KevHeartArt

So... Is this good for Hunters? Too many comments about rogues and shamans. The trinkets won't drop in DS for me, should I get it?

Yay or nay.

Comment by trollshaman

For a ilvl 394 hunter my two lowest pieces atm are Wrath of Unchaining and Starcatcher Compass would this be a decent upgrade. I cannot find another use for my valor points other than switching to conquest which would be a nice boost for my pvp set..

Comment by albinoblacksheep

Comment by Baelabog

Did this get taken out with the patch? I can't see it on the vendor with my rogue or druid.

Comment by markiog

Following patch 5.0.4 this trinket is no longer worth purchasing for most, if not all, Agility classes, instead use the new and improved Cataclysmic Gladiator's Badge of Conquest which has more on-use Agility (albeit on a 2minute cooldown as opposed to the 1m30 on Kiroptyric Sigil), as well as 429 passive Agility.